Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,821, Nathan Eaton, Conn.

SERVICE
born.
Eaton, Nathan
NUMBER
8,15821
CONTENTS
carded

Vermont N. 18422.
Nathan Eaton. —
of Brattleboro in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mahony of the R y commanded by A. Chesun in the Fort Troop for 8 months.
Reduced from $31.56 —
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of March 1834 to Nathl. A. R. and dau. Mary A.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 34  93.31    Semi-ann. allowance ending Feb y 35  13.33     $106.64  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
  Recorded by  N. Rice  Clerk    Book #  E  Vol. 3. Page 62.     E  3 63  
Nathan Eaton - Pension Agent

State of Vermont } On this 7 th day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared in Bennington County } open court before the Hon. Nelson Clark Judge of the Probate Court for the Probate District of Bennington in the County of Bennington. State of Vermont now sitting, Nathan Eaton of Man- chester in said County of Bennington, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of an act passed June 7. 1832. That he was born in Asheford in the County of Windham State of Connecticut, on the 29 th day of August A.D. 1755. He lived there until on about the month of March A.D. 1785. That he has no certain know- ledge that there is any Record of his age, except the family Record, but thinks that probably his birth was recorded in the Town Records of said Town. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That on or about the 25 th day of June A.D. 1776. he enlisted at said for his part Asheford, in the company commanded by Capt. Reuben Muzzy in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Chester & in Genl. Sullivan's in the Connecticut line Brigade. That he marched immediately to Norwalk in said State, & from thence to New York, at each of which places he made a stand, & from thence he marched on to Long Island, where he remained about eight days, when he was driven off with Genl. Sullivan, & Muzzy, through the City of New York, & from thence to White Plains, where he was in an engagement with the British Troops. From thence he retreated to Kingsbridge & Valentin's Hill, near  to New York Island, where & in various places in the vicinity, he was stationed until on or about the 25 th day of December 1776. his said term of service having expired, he together with the company to which he belonged, were dismissed or discharged by parol in a body, near said Valentin's Hill, & returned to their respective homes. The other Officers belonging to said company besides Capt. Muzzy, were John Holmes 1 st Lieut. Saml. Muzzy 2 nd Lieut. & Danl. Knowlton Ensign. The Field Officers were Col. Jno. Chester, 1 st Col. Lieut. Wells, & Maj. Ripley according to his present recollection & belief That afterwards, according to his present recollection, about the last of Febry or first of March 1777. he again enlisted as a Volunteer for the term of two months in the company commanded by Capt. Muzzy whose Christian name was Saml., Lieut. Danl. Mott, 1 st Lieut. or Ensign (he does not remember which) 2 nd Lieut. Mott. The Regiment to which his company was attached, nor the Field Officers, he does not now recollect
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that he immediately marched to Providence, in the State of Rhode Island & from thence to New London in the State of Connecticut - thence to Bristol & Fortland, ferry nearby, in said State of Rhode Island - at each of which places his company were stationed & kept guard for a time - After serving there the time for which he had engaged, he was dismissed or discharged by parcel by his capt. at said Providence & returned home - That afterwards, on or about the first of April A.D. 1780. according to his best recollection he was drafted at said Ashford, to go on an expedition for an unlimited period to New London & Groton in the State of Connecticut, in the line of said State in the company com- manded by capt. John Sumner, Lieut. John Russell, but the name of the Ensign he has now forgotten. He believes that the Regiment to which he was attached was commanded by Col. Sedgwick, but is not very confident & the names of the Field Officers he does not now remember. His 6 IV company were stationed for the principal part of the time at said Groton where he served about six weeks or more, & was then discharged by parcel, a few days before the Fort at said Groton was taken by the troops under the command of Genl. Arnold, & the said Col. Sedgwick was killed. He then returned home - That in or about the month of March 1785. he removed from said Ashford to the Town of Winhall in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, where he lived about fourteen years & in the Spring of the year 1799. he removed to the town of Manchester of which he has ever since resided - That he has no documentary evi- dence to prove his said services or any part thereof - He now knows or recollects of no living witnesses whom he can produce in this part of the country who can testify to the same, nor elsewhere, except his Brother Ebenezer Eaton, who at the last information he had from him resided in the Town of Sherburne in the western part of the State of New York, & by whom if alive he expects that he would be able to prove the two months part of his said services, above stated but from whom he has not heard for two or more years past. As to his good standing for integrity & veracity, & the general understanding & belief in the count- ry as of his statement of his services above made, he is willing to appeal to any of his respectable neighbours - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year as aforesaid.
NATHAN EATON
By Hisson Nelson C. Clark Jr Esq. of Rochester

I Ebenezer Eaton of Sherburne in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged seventytwo years do testify and say that I resided in the Town of Ashford County of Windham State of Connecticut at the commencement of the revolutionary war that I was near knowing to my Brother Nathan Eaton (who then resided in said Ashford in Connecticut but now in Manchester in the State of Vermont) enlisting in the four batt of the summer 1776 for the term of six months into a company of Connecticut troops commanded by Capt. Reuben Macey and Col. John Chester's Regiment John Holmes was Lieutenant of said company I understand and believe that the said Nathan served on Long Island and about New York the whole of the said term of six months I do further testify and say that some time about the latter part of Feb January  Feb January the 17th 1777 I enlisted as a volunteer in a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt. Morfely (do not recollect the Lieutenant) Silas Hott was Ensign or Sergeant at Ashford aforesaid for the term of two months and that my Brother Nathan Eaton who now resides in Manchester aforesaid also enlisted into the same company at the the same time and for the same term that we were stationed at Providence and Bristol in the State of Rhode Island were discharged at Providence after serving our times out at the end I believe that the said Nathan was drafted in the City of the State of Connecticut and served for six or eight weeks at New London and at Groton in the company commanded by Capt. John Sumner in the year 1780 and further this Deposition containeth
Subscribed and sworn?
July 4, 1833 before me Cyrus Dowe Justice of the Peace
Ebenezer Eaton
I further certify that said Ebenezer Eaton is a person of credibility well known to me that his statements are entitled to credit Cyrus Dowe
State of New York Chenango County ss = I Jarvis H. Pike Clerk of the said County certify that Cyrus Dowe before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose name is signed to the preceding cer-

Certificate of character was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County — And that I am acquainted with his hand writing And truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the said Certificate of credibility to be his proper handwriting and signature
In testimony whereof I have set to my hand and the seal of the said County this 5th day of July 1833 —
P. B. Puddle Dep. Clerk

Rev. and Pensions to your request of War Section
AWF/PEN
March 28, 1930.
Mrs. F. Howard Jones 204 West Main Street Sparta Illinois.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15821, it appears that Nathan Eaton was born August 29, 1755 at Ashford , Connecticut.
While residing in said Ashford he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops as follows:
From June 25, 1776 six months in Captain Reuben Marcy's Company, Colonel John Chester's Regiment and was in the battle of White Plains; from February or March 1777 two months in Captain Samuel Moseley's Company; in 1781 six weeks in Captain John Sumner's Company, and served until a few days prior to the attack on Fort Groton.
In March 1785 he moved from Ashford to Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont, and lived there fourteen years then moved to Manchester, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, while residing in Manchester, Vermont.
There are no data relative to wife or children.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

....., received Statement of the military history of Nathan Eaton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 15,821.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 25 1776 6 mos Pri. Reuben Inarcy. John Chester Conn.   Feb. 1777 2 " Samuel Moseley ✓   ✓ 1781 6 wks John Sumner ✓   serv'd until a few days prior to attack on Fort Green  
Battles engaged in, White Plains.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ashford Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 7, 1832. His ch was al,
Residence at date of application, Manchester, Bennington Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 13. at Ashford Conn. Aug. 29, 1755.
Remarks: are no  There is no data relative to wife or children.
March 1785 moved from Ashford to Mitchell - Bennington Co. Vt. land 140 acres. After removed to X
Respectfully,
Bro Ebenezer

15-831-5 Painesville, O. Jan 20/96
Dear Sir:-
Will you please furnish me with the record of one Nathan Eaton , a soldier in the Revolutionary War from the State of Connecticut , who afterwards drew a pension.
By doing so, you will greatly oblige.
Very truly,
Vaughn E. Wyman.
Hon. Wm. Lochren
Washington, D.C.

1 Grant, Mich. April 20th, 19.
Bureau Of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Referring to The Revolutionary Period :---
Can you send me a List of Revolutionary soldiers who were honorably discharged and pensioned , giving full data pertaining to enlistment and discharge? If not such a list, any sort of a list which you might have.
I am interested in looking up record of one by the name of Nethan Eaton who was said to enlist from Ashford Conn. and who drew a pension. Died in Manchester, Vt. in the year 1840. as near as known.
With sincere appreciation of your goodness in in this matter,
I am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs Frank Gaine

Dear Sir,
V
15821
INVALID.
File No. _____
William P. Love _____ P. P. Love _____
Act: _____ Jan 7 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb 21, 1896 Miss Sisto to Blanche E. W. Pineville
1915 Apr. 29. Hist. to Mrs. Frank Cain. L.M. 1930 mch. 28. Hist. to Mrs. J. Howard Jones. See letter in mails Jackson S. 16 75 awz

Nathan Eaton Declaration
Ms 5293

We Abraham Bronson a clergyman residing in the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont & Amos Bourn of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Eaton who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration - That we believe him to be 76 years of age - That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution. That we concur in that opinion.
Abraham Bronson Amos Bourn
Sworn & submitted this day & year aforesaid by us before
Myron Clark
Judge of Probate Court
In the said Court as nearly declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Abraham Bronson, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Manchester in said County of Bennington, & that Amos Bourn who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. Certified by Myron Clark Judge of Probate Court
I Henry Robinson Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Eaton for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & have affixed the seal of said Court at Manchester this Seventh day of August A.D. 1832 - of the Independence of the United States, the Fifty Seventh -
Henry Robinson Register

State of Vermont On this 17 day of June 1833. personally appeared before County of Bennington to me the undersigned a justice of the peace within & for the County of Bennington & State of Vermont the within named Nathan Eaton a resident of the Town of Manchester in said County, who being duly sworn dep- osed & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grade - to wit - For nine months & ten days served as a Private, & for such service I claim a Pension
NATHAN EATON
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year last aforesaid by me Miles L. Bennett Justice of the peace
State of Vermont
I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County Court for Bennington County, do hereby Certify that Miles L. Bennett whose signature appears above was at the date thereof & still is, a justice of the peace for said County, duly qualified by Law to act as such - & that his signature I believe to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County Court at Manchester this 12 th day of July, A.D. 1833.
Henry Robinson

N o 18422 Vermont
Nathan Eaton
of Bennington Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Massy of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Chester on the Conn't Troops line for 9 1/2 months
8 mo. partial $ 26.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Copy of Pension issued the 28 th day of August 1833 and sent to S. Swift H. H. Hall
  Arrears to the 4th March 1833  63.32    Simult. allowance end of 1833  15.88    $ 79.20   
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 63
see letter to S. Swift Oct. 14. 1834
certificate enclosed H. H. Hall 2/20/34

Manchester Oct. 6. 1834.
Hon. J. S. Edwards,
Hon? Sir, The name of Nathan Eaton of this Town, a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832. for some reasons, but as I presume, by mistake, has not been returned to the Pension Office, for the year past, for that reason he has not drawn his Pension for the two last half yearly instal- ments in March & Sept. — I requested the Cashier of the Burlington Bank, Mr. Cole, to write xx , I have his name sent on, but whether he has or not, I do not know, but I fear that his Pension has not been received, & therefore suppose that he has forgotten to write — Will you Hon? Sir, be so good as to direct an enquiry, I have his name transmitted to the Pension Office at Burlington — The N o if I recollect rightly, is 8422. but possibly I may be mistaken.
Very respectfully, I am Hon? Sir,
Yours &c
S. Swift

Payments to be made at Burlington by the Post. U. S. Br. Pk. & Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vermont
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 3 Page 63 by D. Brown Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathan Eaton of the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 29 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. H. Brumf
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

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Manchester July 13. 1833.
To the Hon. James L. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, Enclosed I return you the Papers of Nathan Eaton for a pension, with his amending Declaration annexed, together with the Affidavit of Eben Eaton, as required - the testimony of E. E. goes farther than stated, & farther than his Brother supposed he had knowledge or recollection of, before applied to - In fact, fully substantiated & proved all the services stated by him in his Declaration.
With due Respect, I am Hon. Sir
Yours &c
S. Swift

Feb 28
Court of Pardon
Mr. Hall

No of Rep Feby 26. 1834
Sir
Some weeks since I sent to your office the Pen. Certificate of Nathan Eaton, to be renewed by an- other for a life sum, in obedience to a previous decision of the Dept. —
Will you not send the Certifi- cate without further delay?
Very respectfully &c Hiland Hall
J. L. Edmonds Esq. )

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Jan 25, 1834
Sir, Will you have the goodness to return me the enclosed certificate with the required answer to Mr Swifts letter— as soon as may be, very respectfully yours Heiland Hall
J. L. Edwards